Last issue, it was the ludicrous Inspector Gadget and this time it's Dudley Do-Right who finds himself transported from cartoon to real life--in this ridiculously dull telling of the beloved Jay Ward Canadian Mountie.

Brendan Fraser (who also played George Of The Jungle, another Jay Ward classic) is the goofy do-gooder who tries to foil the evil Snidely Whiplash (Alfred Molina of Boogie Nights fame) from taking over a Canadian Rockies community.

First and foremost, this new film from Hugh Wilson doesn't capture the spirit of Ward's cartoon. It also doesn't help that Wilson and his writers have tried to update the material. It just doesn't work. None of the performances are memorable, except for the scene-stealing Eric Idle (from the Monty Python troupe) as Dudley's eccentric mentor.

The only reason I would recommend this unfunny borefest is for Ward's all new Fractured Fairy Tale' short (entitled The Phox, The Box, and The Lox) that precedes the film. And surprisingly, it captures the spirit of the Tales that appeared on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. Pay your admission to watch the short, then leave!